[Intro: palm muted thrash riff builds, one spoken line, deadpan male] Saturday morning in Oakland, lane four, and she's two and a half [Verse 1] In and out, I told myself, the milk, the eggs, the bread Nova in the cart in dinosaur boots with a bow up on her head She waved at all the lobsters, and she sang to the baguettes Fourteen aisles without a fuss, the best day of my life yet Then lane four, the candy rack, they hang it right at toddler height She grabs a chocolate bar as big as her face, and she holds it tight She looks at me, I look at her, her bottom lip begins to rise And I say the three most dangerous words under these fluorescent skies [Pre-Chorus: band stops, gang shouts on the hits] Put it back (Put it back) Put it back (Oh no) [Chorus: full speed, gang shouts] Put it back (put it back) Armageddon in lane four Put it back (put it back) She went boneless on the floor Every head in the store turned around to stare Put it back (put it back), and the lobsters say a prayer [Verse 2] Off come the boots, the left one takes a pyramid of soup And the right one clears the bakery like a free throw through a hoop A lady holding kale leans in and whispers, is she teething Marisol on register three just freezes, nobody is breathing I tried counting, one, two, two and a half, she knows there is no three I said, use your words, and she used them, and she used them all on me [Pre-Chorus: band stops, gang shouts on the hits] Put it back (Put it back) Put it back (Oh no) [Chorus: full speed, gang shouts] Put it back (put it back) Armageddon in lane four Put it back (put it back) She went boneless on the floor Every head in the store turned around to stare Put it back (put it back), and the lobsters say a prayer [Guitar Solo: fast shredding, eight bars] [Bridge: half time breakdown, gang shouts] So I got down on the floor (Get down) Right beside her in lane four (Get down) And I kicked my feet and I hollered at the lights (Get down) Louder than a two year old with all my might (Get down) [Stop: band cuts out, spoken male] She stopped She sat up She wiped her nose And she said, Daddy, get up, people are looking [Verse 3: full speed] So she puts the chocolate back herself and takes me by the hand And the lady with the kale starts clapping, and the whole of lane four stands Marisol leans over with the sticker for the kids who never cry It says I was brave today, she sticks it on my chest, I wipe my eye Nova's snoring before the freeway with her boots up on the seat And the sticker's on my dashboard, and I've never been so beat [Final Chorus: full speed, gang shouts] Put it back (put it back) Armageddon in lane four Put it back (put it back) Both of us down on the floor Every head in the store turned around to stare Put it back (put it back), and I'd do it again, I swear [Outro: riff stops dead, spoken male] Next Saturday Same lane She points at the candy and says it herself (Put it back)
